Politics

Guyana still awaiting results on COVID variants

The Ministry of Health is still awaiting the results for 10 coronavirus samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for the new COVID-19 variants. Guyana submitted the samples more than a week ago as concerns grew about the wider spreading variants of the disease that was recently found in neighbouring Brazil. […]

Release of fishermen provides political space for dialogue with Venezuela -Foreign Minister Todd

The Venezuelan Government’s decision in the past 24 hours to release the 12 Guyanese fishermen it had detained for two weeks, could provide political space for dialogue between the two countries, according to Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd. The fishermen were released from Venezuelan custody on Tuesday and allowed to leave the neighbouring […]

Venezuela releases Guyanese fishermen and vessels

With international condemnation mounting, the Venezuelan authorities have released the twelve Guyanese fishermen and their fishing vessels who were detained in Guyana’s waters and taken to Venezuela two weeks ago. The fishermen are expected to depart Venezuela with their vessels today and are likely to arrive in Guyana by Friday. Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh […]

GRA Fires Five Container Scanning Specialists

As the investigation continues into the 1.5-tonne cocaine bust in Belgium that was traced to Guyana, the Guyana Revenue Authority has fired five of its Container Scanning Specialists. The termination letters signed by the Senior Manager for the Human Resources Department were issued on Friday and took effect from today. The termination letters make no […]